Balisier defacing Rio Claro clock

THE EDITOR: In a daily newspaper of July 6, 2003 there is a photograph of PNM supporters defacing the Rio Claro roundabout. The roundabout has a clock donated by Scotiabank and was placed there as a gift to the public. I need to enquire, through the media, who gave these people permission to affix balisier flowers to the people’s property and how dare they? As I see it, those PNM supporters who are defacing the clock by affixing those balisier flowers have no right to do so and as such their actions constitute a gross violation of public property. One must assume that this has the blessing of the Attorney General who participated in the PNM’s Rio Claro sojourn on Saturday, the Prime Minister who was the feature speaker, the Police who must have seen what the indisciplined supporters were doing and last but not least, Scotiabank. Indeed, these actions are indicative of the “dragged up” conduct of PNM supporters, anywhere they go. They are so insecure that they feel the need to mark off their territory in a subtly aggressive way. As I understand it, wild animals do the same by urinating along the perimeter, so I guess they are doing the next best thing.

Seriously though, I wish to draw to the attention of the authorities the plain faces of the culprits. They can be located if the Police would make the necessary enquiries at the PNM Rio Claro constituency, so there is no excuse for them not being located and prosecuted. The question one must also ask is if it were UNC supporters pasting Rising Sun stickers on public property, what would have been the consequences, and I can tell you for free that the Army would have been called out, and the Police Commissioner would have instituted a lock down of Rio Claro. Maybe this is Scotiabank’s way of telling the people of Rio Claro that they are PNM.

WILLIAM  RAJKUMAR
Aranguez